About the Authors

Jonathan M. Spector

Contributed equally to this work with: Jonathan M. Spector, Priya Agrawal

jmspector@partners.org

Affiliation Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Priya Agrawal

Contributed equally to this work with: Jonathan M. Spector, Priya Agrawal

Affiliation Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, Infectious Disease Epidemiology Department, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Bhala Kodkany

Affiliation Women's and Children's Health Research Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Karnataka, India

Stuart Lipsitz

Affiliation Center for Surgery and Public Health, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Angela Lashoher

Affiliation Department of Patient Safety, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

Gerald Dziekan

Affiliation Department of Patient Safety, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

Rajiv Bahl

Affiliation Department of Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

Mario Merialdi

Affiliation Department of Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

Matthews Mathai

Affiliation Department of Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

Claire Lemer

Affiliation London Deanery, Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals NHS Trust, Enfield, United Kingdom

Atul Gawande

Affiliation Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

AAG receives royalties for books and essays focused on patient safety and medicine. CL receives royalties for a book focused on healthcare management. All other authors have declared that no competing interests exist. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JMS AAG. Performed the experiments: JMS PA BK AL GD AAG. Analyzed the data: PA SL JMS AAG. Wrote the paper: JMS PA AAG BK SL AL GD RB M. Merialdi M. Mathai CL.